FOLLOWER OF FRANCISCO DE ZURBARÁN | Saints Agatha, Lucy and Apollonia

Anonymous sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 30 October 1985, lot 40.

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Replica Shoes 's. This work is restored. Under ultraviolet light, one can see retouches in the figures addressing some thinness and cracking, including in their clothing and objects. The background and some other areas may have received an overzealous approach to retouching, reducing cracking which is not unexpected for works of this period. Regardless, the retouches are well applied, and the work certainly looks well. There is a vertical join in the canvas running immediately to the right of the head of the figure on the left. There is a small restoration in the background in the upper right, and in the center of the right side. Cleaning is not recommended, and the work can be hung as is.
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